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Clemens Issues An Apology

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The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: May 6, 2008

NEW YORK - Roger Clemens apologized Monday for unspecified mistakes in his personal life, a statement Brian McNamee's lawyers intend to use to attack the pitcher's credibility at trial.

The New York Daily News reported last week Clemens had a decade-long relationship with country star Mindy McCready that began when she was 15. The newspaper also linked the seven-time Cy Young Award winner to former Manhattan bartender Angela Moyer and Paulette Dean Daly, a former wife of golfer John Daly.

Clemens denied having an affair with a 15-year-old but didn't specifically address whether he had a romance with McCready.

"Even though these articles contain many false accusations and mistakes, I need to say that I have made mistakes in my personal life for which I am sorry," Clemens said in a statement. "I have apologized to my family and apologize to my fans. Like everyone, I have flaws. I have sometimes made choices which have not been right."

"I think what it says without saying it is that he apparently admits he cheated on his wife and family. And if he cheated on them, I think it's reasonable to assume that he cheated his fans and baseball," Richard Emery, one of McNamee's lawyers, said in a telephone interview.

ROYALS: John Bale apologized for punching a door and breaking his pitching hand.

Exactly why Bale slammed his hand into a door in his hotel room in Cleveland on Friday remained a mystery.

TRADE: The Atlanta Braves acquired former Rays first baseman-outfielder Greg Norton from the Seattle Mariners.

Norton, 35, played with Tampa Bay in 2006 and '07. He hit .243 in 202 at-bats last season.

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